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Given the equation y = x + 9, what is the y-intercept?

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User Harriett
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Answer:

The y-intercept is 9.

Explanation:

The slope-intercept form of a linear equation has the following form.

y = mx + b

where

y is the dependent variable

m is the slope

x is the independent variable

b is the y-intercept

Given the following equation

y = x + 9

The slope is 1 and the y-intercept is 9.

User Eric Bulloch
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y =mx+b

b=9

the y intercept is 9

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